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Strong's #2774 - κεφάλαιον
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- the chief or main point, the principal thing
- the pecuniary sum total of a reckoning, amount
- the principal, capital, as distinguished from the interest
- a sum of money, sum
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κεφαìλαιον
Neuter of a derivative of G2776; a principal thing, that is, main point;
κεφάλαιον, κεφαλαίου, τό (neuter of the adjective κεφάλαιος, belonging to the entry);
1. the chief or main point, the principal thing (Vulg. capitulum): Hebrews 8:1 (cf. Buttmann, 154 (134)); (frequent so in Greek writings from Pindar, Thucydides and Plato down).
2. "the pecuniary sum total of a reckoning, amount (Plutarch, Fab. 4); the principal, capital," as distinguished from the interest (Plato, legg. 5, 742 c.); universally, a sum of money, sum (Vulg. summa): Acts 22:28; so Leviticus 6:5; Numbers 5:7; Numbers 31:26; Josephus, Antiquities 12, 2, 3; Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 1, 17; see other examples in Kypke, Observations, ii., p. 116; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, 5 b.).
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κεφάλαιος , -α , -ον
(< κεφαλή ),
[in LXX (-αιον , τό ) for H7218, Numbers 4:2, al.;]
of the head; metaph., principal, chief; mostly as subst., κεφάλαιον , τό ;
1. the chief point: Hebrews 8:1.
2. the sum total, amount: Acts 22:28 (other meaning, LS, s.v.).†
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With Acts 22:28 cf. BGU IV. 1200.17 (B.C. 1) οὐ μίκρωι κεφαλαίωι, and for the plur. see P Ryl II. 133.15 (A.D. 33) οἰκοδομημένον μετὰ δαπάνης οὐκ ὀλίγων κεφαλαίων ἀργυρικῶν, ";built at the expense of no small sums of money"; (Edd.). Other exx. of the word with the same meaning are P Oxy II. 268.7 (A.D. 58) ὃ καὶ ἐπε [ίσθη ]σαν κεφάλαιον, ";the sum which they severally consented to accept"; (Edd.), ib. X. 1281.7 (A.D. 21) τὰς τοῦ ἀργ (υρίου) (δραχμὰς) τ ̄ κεφαλαίου, ";the capital sum of 300 drachmae of silver,"; ib. 1273.19 (A.D. 260) πάντα κεφαλαί [ο ]υ, ";a sum total,"; and P Tebt II. 339.6 (a revenue return—A.D. 224) μ ]ηνιαῖος (sc. λόγος) ἐν κεφαλαίῳ τοῦ [Θ ]ω ̣θ ̣, ";monthly summary for the month Thoth,"; as distinguished from individual (κατ᾽ ἄνδρα) returns (cf. Wilcken Ostr. i. p. 662f.). In OGIS 509.18 (ii/A.D.) the added interest (τόκος) produces a total amount (κεφάλαιον) of so much. For κεφάλαιον = ";the chief or main point,"; as in Hebrews 8:1, cf. P Oxy I. 67.18 (A.D. 338) ἐπὶ δυσὶ κεφαλαίοις τὴν ἔραυναν ποιούμενον, ";let his inquiry concern two points"; (Edd.), and the more technical usage in such late passages as P Lond 1008.10 (A.D. 561) (= III. p. 265) ἐγγυωμένου καὶ ἀν ̣α ̣δεχομένο (υ) τὸ [π ]ρόσωπ [ον αὐτ ]ῆς σὺν πᾶσι τοῖς ἐμφερομένοις αὐτῇ κεφαλαίοις τε καὶ ὁμολογη ̣μ ̣α ̣σ ̣ι ̣, and the subscription to Bishop Abraham’s will ib. 77.78 (end of vi/A.D.) (= I. p. 235, Chrest. II. 319) ἐφ᾽ οἷς πᾶσι περιέχει (i.e. διαθηκημιαῖον γράμμα) κεφαλαίοις τε καὶ ὁμολογήμασι. To the literary exx. of κεφάλαιον in this sense (cf. Field Notes, p. 227 f.) we may add Menandrea p. 74.173 καὶ τὸ κεφάλαιον οὐδέπω λογίζομαι, ";and of the most important point I have not thought yet,"; ib. p. 106.75 κ ]εφάλαιόν ἐστι τοῦτο τοῦ παντὸς λόγου. According to Quintil. Inst. iii. 11. 27 Menander used κεφάλαιον = cadurei.Cf. also Eus. H.E. iii. 23(114) ἀπέβη γὰρ πονηρὸς καὶ ἐξώλης, καὶ τὸ κεφάλαιον, λῃστής, ";he has turned out a villain and a desperado, and worst of all, a brigand.";
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